Description ³

• Shape: Tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: elongated cluster – catkin, male; pendulous, clusters of 1-3, 2-4 ¼ inches long, female; erect, stout, 1/3-1/2 inch long
• Leaves: elongated heart shaped, 2-4 ¼ inches long, 1 ¼-2 ¾ inches wide, doubly toothed
• Bark: white with gray and pink, can peel in papery horizontal strips, often remains smooth
• Fruit/Seed: cylindrical clusters, 1½-2¼ inches long
• Height: 50-80 feet
• Flowering: May
• Habitat: rocky slopes, hardwood forest

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Kent McFarland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/vtebird/8437112736/
2. (c) Charlie Hohn, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Charlie Hohn
3. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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